Palmeiras favourites for feisty fight facing Internacional

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Parque (43600 seats)

Palmeiras are positioned 5th, while Internacional are loitering 1 points behind in the league standings. Will they crop the gap?

Insights:
  • Palmeiras have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Serie A

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Serie A game only four days ago.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Internacional, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.

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Palmeiras form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Palmeiras have managed 7 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games.

The home team returns to Allianz Parque after being equal after 90 minutes with Bahia (placed 17th) on their last time out; the Serie A game ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Jailson got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.14 out of ten. Jailson stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Bragantino (2-4).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Palmeiras handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, two draws and three defeats.

The manager A. Moreira Ferreira will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ceara in only three days.

The Palmeiras fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 13 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.

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Internacional form and stats

4-6-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Internacional in their Serie A matches away.

Internacional won their last game, 3-1 versus América Mineiro played at home. Midfielder Patrick was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.44. Patrick scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 5-2 vs Chapecoense.

Internacional are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and zero defeats. From a total of two matches.

After this away game Internacional return home for a Serie A game against Bragantino. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Internacional have scored 14 goals in 13 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Internacional have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Internacional - Palmeiras 1-2 was the score in these contenders' latest h2h fixture, played this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Palmeiras won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Internacional got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

Top Goalscorers

InternacionalY. Monteiro da Silva
Y. Monteiro da Silva
11 goals
InternacionalE. Andrade dos Santos
E. Andrade dos Santos
9 goals
PalmeirasR. Cavalcante Veiga
R. Cavalcante Veiga
5 goals

Palmeiras missing players

Internacional missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Palmeiras Internacional
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 4 Played P 4 13 25
12 7 3 Won W 1 4 10
4 2 0 Drew D 1 6 9
9 4 1 Lost L 2 3 6
37 23 5 Scored S 6 14 34
32 21 4 Conceded C 7 13 26
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 77% 84%
80% 92% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 54% 60%
56% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 40%
28% 46% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 23% 28%
16% 31% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 12%
56% 77% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 48%
32% 15% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 46% 40%
20% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 28%
 
5.9 6.9 8.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.7 5.4
5.3 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.8 5.2
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2.5
5 2 0 Red cards R C 2 5 7
 
15.4 18 18.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 10.9 12
4.9 4.9 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.5 4.6
30% 36% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 24% 30%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Palmeiras have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Palmeiras have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Serie A
  • Palmeiras haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 25 17 5 3 41 17 12 10 1 1 26 7 13 7 4 2 15 10 24 56
2 Flamengo 23 14 3 6 46 21 12 8 0 4 22 13 11 6 3 2 24 8 25 45
3 Fortaleza 26 12 6 8 33 29 13 7 3 3 18 13 13 5 3 5 15 16 4 42
4 Bragantino 25 10 11 4 40 29 13 3 8 2 19 17 12 7 3 2 21 12 11 41
5 Palmeiras 25 12 4 9 37 32 13 7 2 4 23 21 12 5 2 5 14 11 5 40
6 Corinthians 26 10 10 6 28 23 13 5 4 4 17 15 13 5 6 2 11 8 5 40
7 Internacional 25 10 9 6 34 26 12 6 3 3 20 13 13 4 6 3 14 13 8 39
8 Athletico PR 25 10 4 11 32 32 12 6 3 3 18 15 13 4 1 8 14 17 0 34
9 Fluminense 25 8 9 8 24 27 13 5 5 3 12 12 12 3 4 5 12 15 -3 33
10 Atletico GO 25 7 10 8 20 23 12 2 7 3 7 10 13 5 3 5 13 13 -3 31
11 América Mineiro 26 7 10 9 25 29 13 5 4 4 12 9 13 2 6 5 13 20 -4 31
12 Cuiaba 25 6 13 6 25 26 13 3 5 5 13 17 12 3 8 1 12 9 -1 31
13 Sao Paulo 25 6 12 7 20 25 12 3 7 2 10 9 13 3 5 5 10 16 -5 30
14 Ceara 23 6 11 6 21 24 12 6 5 1 15 8 11 0 6 5 6 16 -3 29
15 Juventude 26 6 10 10 25 33 13 5 4 4 14 14 13 1 6 6 11 19 -8 28
16 Santos 25 6 10 9 23 32 12 5 5 2 12 9 13 1 5 7 11 23 -9 28
17 Bahia 25 7 6 12 28 38 12 4 3 5 15 17 13 3 3 7 13 21 -10 27
18 Sport Recife 25 6 8 11 14 21 13 3 4 6 6 8 12 3 4 5 8 13 -7 26
19 Gremio 24 6 5 13 20 28 12 3 5 4 12 11 12 3 0 9 8 17 -8 23
20 Chapecoense 26 1 10 15 23 44 13 0 5 8 9 21 13 1 5 7 14 23 -21 13

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 25 17 5 3 41 17 12 10 1 1 26 7 13 7 4 2 15 10 24 56
2 Flamengo 23 14 3 6 46 21 12 8 0 4 22 13 11 6 3 2 24 8 25 45
3 Fortaleza 26 12 6 8 33 29 13 7 3 3 18 13 13 5 3 5 15 16 4 42
4 Bragantino 25 10 11 4 40 29 13 3 8 2 19 17 12 7 3 2 21 12 11 41
5 Palmeiras 25 12 4 9 37 32 13 7 2 4 23 21 12 5 2 5 14 11 5 40
6 Corinthians 26 10 10 6 28 23 13 5 4 4 17 15 13 5 6 2 11 8 5 40
7 Internacional 25 10 9 6 34 26 12 6 3 3 20 13 13 4 6 3 14 13 8 39
8 Athletico PR 25 10 4 11 32 32 12 6 3 3 18 15 13 4 1 8 14 17 0 34
9 Fluminense 25 8 9 8 24 27 13 5 5 3 12 12 12 3 4 5 12 15 -3 33
10 Atletico GO 25 7 10 8 20 23 12 2 7 3 7 10 13 5 3 5 13 13 -3 31
11 América Mineiro 26 7 10 9 25 29 13 5 4 4 12 9 13 2 6 5 13 20 -4 31
12 Cuiaba 25 6 13 6 25 26 13 3 5 5 13 17 12 3 8 1 12 9 -1 31
13 Sao Paulo 25 6 12 7 20 25 12 3 7 2 10 9 13 3 5 5 10 16 -5 30
14 Ceara 23 6 11 6 21 24 12 6 5 1 15 8 11 0 6 5 6 16 -3 29
15 Juventude 26 6 10 10 25 33 13 5 4 4 14 14 13 1 6 6 11 19 -8 28
16 Santos 25 6 10 9 23 32 12 5 5 2 12 9 13 1 5 7 11 23 -9 28
17 Bahia 25 7 6 12 28 38 12 4 3 5 15 17 13 3 3 7 13 21 -10 27
18 Sport Recife 25 6 8 11 14 21 13 3 4 6 6 8 12 3 4 5 8 13 -7 26
19 Gremio 24 6 5 13 20 28 12 3 5 4 12 11 12 3 0 9 8 17 -8 23
20 Chapecoense 26 1 10 15 23 44 13 0 5 8 9 21 13 1 5 7 14 23 -21 13

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.